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mdo7
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I appreciate this review and as someone who grew up playing Star Fox 64 (disclaimer: Star Fox 64 was the first game I owned/had when I first got my N64 back in 1997). I'm happy to see most of the stuff found in the original N64 version was kept intact (including keeping the BGM soundtrack intact from the N64 original although upgraded for Switch 2) and I do welcome the backstory cutscene showing what happened to Fox's father and the cutscene add more life then what was possible back then.
I do agree about the voice acting and the line delivery in the 2026 remake, it's a mixed bag for me (although it could be my nostalgia for the N64 original) I mean like for example, Meteo mission. Yeah, I like the voice acting in the N64 better. I mean I can give more examples of that (I can throw in the Sector Y comparison as a last example for this post), but I'm not going to dedicate this post on that topic. But you'll understand what I'm pointing out there. I just don't feel connected with the remake's voice acting and just feels like most dialogue in the remake don't capture the charm of the original N64 version. |
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ZelosZoidberg
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I found the voice direction for the bad guys sadly playing it too safe where they can sometimes come off as monotone. The "Nooo! Hit the brakes!! I can't stooooop iiiittttt!!!" being the line(s) I think got butcher the most. But I know it's not the voice actors fault because I know they can do a great job. I guess they (Nintendo/VA Director) wanted a less camp for this version.
Yes I knew some lines would get changed due to the script which I would like to believe is much closer to the original Japanese one. I miss "Cocky little freaks!" but I can see why that was changed. There's also some great new lines and it improves Slippy by a lot! My new favorite line is when Slippy says it (the Blue Marine) can do a barrel roll and Peppy responds "It can do that!?!". For as much as this was a too safe remake I really enjoyed my time with it because I played so much Star Fox 64 back then I swear I could do top 100 speed runs of the game. Here's hoping for another new Star Fox game and the 2 GCN games to be released on Nintendo Switch Online service. |
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meiam
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LinkTSwordmaster
 Posts: 823 Location: PA / USA |
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That was more or less my reaction when that newer remake of Dragon Quest 7 went out. I'd finished a massive 100% play of the 3D one not long before, and the timing of it was really bizarre and weird. Given how memorable & beloved DQ8 is from the PS2 days in North America -& the fact its re-release is a somewhat inferior version- I'd have even assumed DQ8 would have been a better pick to do that to. In the end, it's a terrifying realisation that there are people that have never seen the N64 version, nor have any idea it exists just because it's been that long ago. Same as with Square taking so long to get titles out of dev and into players' hands, Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, StarFox and Metroid Prime might all be big names to us old folks that at one time may have had an Atari 2600 as their primary gaming system - but if a kid's first console was a Switch almost 10 years ago now, then they've not had a primary mainline StarFox game in their life this entire time. Nintendo literally never needs to make a new game again, they can just feed their existing library to an Ai to pump out a shinier version (not saying they did that for this title), and just wait for everyone to grow old and leave before diving back into their vault like Disney already has been with their live-action slop and no younger kid is going to be the wiser, no matter how much older critics rage about it and rightfully even ask why the thing creatively-deserves to exist. |
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Joe Mello
 Posts: 2571 Location: Online Terminal |
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I know everyone is wanting a new Star Fox game, but my hot take is that a new bespoke Star Fox would either be good, but too short for Nintendo's SRP; or large and too bloated to feel quality title. The combination of quick arcade-style action and VN-style level paths doesn't really lend itself to being a flagship first-party title.
It's possible that simply making the older game(s) accessible would've solved the problem of needing another Star Fox reboot but 1) no industry takes media preservation seriously, and 2) something tells me Nintendo just wanted to do it for whatever reason (possibly preservation, possibly to be Disney, likely both since the latter gives Star Fox more raison d'etre than say live-action Lion King). |
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Beatdigga
 Posts: 5182 Location: New York |
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I'm reminded of this fan project that was meant to be a long-form adaptation of all the Star Fox titles so far, Star Fox Event Horizon, which crams all the games so far into the Freespace 2 engine (including a heavily modified Star Fox Adventures) but I can't imagine Nintendo approving of some of the plot choices spoiler[namely the subtext General Pepper wasn't on the level being made text with him being a military dictator]. This is clearly a quicker project to see if there's still interest in the IP outside of Smash Bros cameos.
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Flash33
 Posts: 150 Location: Florida |
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Regarding this sentence from the review:
The big problem with that (at least to me) is that every time Nintendo does this with Star Fox the only answer they come away with is "oh, ok, so people only want more Star Fox 64 and nothing else" & only makes remakes of that game rather than new ones, essentially learning the wrong lessons over & over again. Yes, keeping the past alive is helpful & needed, especially for people who no longer have access to the past versions for various reasons, but if Big N really wants Star Fox to shine again then they need to actually commit to making a new game in the series rather than just be content to just be like FIFA with it every few years if that makes sense. |
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Top Gun
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When this game was first announced I was mildly interested in it, since I assumed a Star Fox 64 remake in the year 2026 would greatly expand on the core gameplay with much longer and more complex levels. But if it's really the same old basic gameplay loop that takes all of an hour to complete a single run, then asking full price for that feels insane to me. Sure, the original game was a ton of fun, but over an extended period of time the beat-your-own-high-score arcade mode of gameplay holds no real fascination for me. It feels like a massive waste of potential if that's the only thing that's there.
Oh wow, I was not expecting one of my oldest gaming fandoms to pop up here of all places. 
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